{"id":361,"date":"2009-09-26T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativetots.com\/blog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2009-09-29T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T18:18:54","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativetots.com\/blog\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a name&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'\"><span>Today was a great day for puzzles, but not just any puzzles&#8230;puzzles of our very own names!\u00a0The students put together puzzles of their names as well as the names of their friends.<br \/>\nA child&#8217;s name is quite possibly the most important word in their young and growing vocabulary and therefore can be a great avenue to letter recognition. They begin to not only memorize the letters in their own names but also the letters in the names of their classmates. 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